Why is my Ethernet port not working??
 

I have Ubuntu 6.06 and i have a foxconn motherboard 650M02-G-6L. I am trying to set up a wireless router but the port on the motherboard will nor work for some reason. Foxconn also does not make a driver for linux.

Post the output of the command ' /sbin/lspci '

Brian1

eghh im a noob and i have no clue what that means haha

type lspci and copy/paste the results here :)

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650/M650 Host (rev 80 )
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bri dge (AGP)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media I O] (rev 25)
0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
0000:00:0d.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M65 0/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

Without knowing the chipset of your ethernet adpater it is impossible to provide help. A quick google did not provide any specific information on the type of network adapter either.

/sbin/lspci is a console command. Select a console window and type in the command.

From that list, linux doesn't see any network card, wired or wireless. Your initial post is confusing, you mention a wireless router then talk about a port. There would not be a port for a wireless card. Are you trying to connect wirelessly, or through a cable? In either case, linux doesn't know about a wired or wireless card on that motherboard, so you maybe SOL until somebody writes a driver for the card.

Peace,
JimBass

To slow on the keyboard...
The output shows you have a modem but no ethernet adapter. Make sure the ethernet adapter is not disabled in the BIOS.